C64x Unboxing videos

[Franko]

There's no point in asking Dammy for a straight answer cos you'll never get one...

You see even though I believe Dammy knows enough about CUSA to actually tell the real facts and figures he never will reveal this for the simple fact that all the stuff he's posted in the past year (while some of it has probably been based on fact) has been twisted and shaped in Dammy warped mind to suit what he thinks would be best to tell the world...

The stuff Dammy's been posting for nearly a year now is so bent out of shape that he cannot answer a straight question as he would lose face if he just came clean and admitted the facts as they really are. Unfortunately in Dammy's mind these so called facts and figures are now reality to him and nothing anyone says will convince the poor sod otherwise...

The whole CUSA thing has now been and gone, it's over they produced nothing more than a plastic replica case of the old C64 sold a few and now just like me the media and the rest of world just don't care about CUSA or anything they do any longer...

CUSA lost big time, apart from all the hype and crap posted on these forums about their great plans, what did they achieve... nothing, nowt, nada, sod all basically...

As for their so called Amiga range well that'll just be a bigger flop than the C64x, they've already lost that one before it's even started, I mean what happened to the "Were making the new Workbench 5.0 like it or else" crap, again simple they couldn't and can't nor can they even use the name Workbench...

Face it Dammy the hype & BS is over, CUSA failed big time and in another years time they will be no more, perhaps it's time to start looking for the next big thing to champion cos the great CUSA RollerCoaster ride has peaked and it's all downhill from here, next stop the dodgems...

I'll give CUSA & you this much Dammy you sure did try and convince the world that all this was real and the next big thing and well done for at least giving it a go with a passion, but it's yesterdays news now and all the posts in the world aint gonna change that and if the Amiga stuff comes along then it would be simpler just to re-run these threads and swap C64x for Amigax in the thread titles...

[commodorejohn]

I don't think you understand the volume they are shipping out.  They had excess of 40,000 pre-order sales that will all be shipped by end of the month.   Once COS 1.x is out the door, I suspect we will be hearing more about their new Commodore Amiga series.  I certainly hope by November we hear what COS 2.x series is going to be and it's roadmap.

See, this would be a lot easier to swallow if we hadn't had you, sir, spouting dozens of continually-shifting dates and numbers long before any of even the units we've seen to exist were manufactured or shipped. You're about as reliable an indicator as a calendar, a dart, and a pair of dice.

quote:  "Coretemp reporting idle temperatures of nearly 190F"

Getting close on the temp cap there:  http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Atom/Intel-Atom%20D525%20AU80610006225AA.html  
100c being 212f

"Introducing the new Commodore 64! Not only does it provide moderately okay performance for high-mid-range prices, you can also fry an egg on it!"

[eliyahu]

... What IS COS?!?!?  Or even COS 1.X?  I've seen the name splashed around and that it is a skinned Linux distro.  Is 2.x an Amiga themed skin instead of a C64 themed skin?

What is the big deal about COS?  I asked you this before and you completely ignored me...

'commodore' OS is ubuntu with every free software package they can possibly throw in.  it also has custom icon, wallpaper, and GTK theme changes.

that's it.

and 'commodore' OS 2.0 will not be anything special, either.  no AROS, no L4, no QNX, no nothing.  hell, a bunch of the changes are being done by their 'CTO' for goodness sakes.

@thread

we've seen claims of huge sales, 10.000s strong, big-box retail outlets, etc., etc.  a company that has that kind of sales and supply chain does not hand-assemble computers from a low-rent space in a commercial zone in florida.  i try to give randy, bazza, and the rest some 'benefit of the doubt,' but the never-ending chain of bollocks, bluster, and bull just keeps adding up.

when the C64x appears in best buy, i'll believe it. maybe. :lol:

-- eliyahu

[Darrin]

I don't think so:
http://www.commodore-amiga.org/forum/27-commodore-usa/6099-updates?lang=en#6099

Hmm... let me see...

C64 BAREBONES: ALL BEEN SHIPPED.

Empty cases?  That was eay.  How many?

C64 ULTIMATES ALL HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.,There are still a few Ultimates in the pipeline, some of which were delayed due to incorrect addresses, issues with payment. customer changes, etc, BUT 99% HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.

Blaming the customers again!  How many?

C64 BASIC: APPROX 30% SHIPPED, ALL WILL BE SHIPPED BY END OF NEXT WEEK (7/222/11)

30% of how many?

C64 STANDARD & DELUXE ARE IN PRODUCTION NOW, AND SHOULD ALL SHIP BY THE END OF THE MONTH.

Weren't they already produced, boxed and shipped from that factory in China a month ago?  How many?

VIC SLIM STATUS: All VIC SLIIM units have been shipped.

LOL.  Easy when they come pre-assembled from someone else.  How many?

VIC PRO: Most VIC Pro units have been shipped for orders received through July 3rd. There are a handful of orders still outstanding, and ALL VIC PRO ORDERS RECEIVED UP TO TODAY WILL BE SHIPPED BY THEND OF THIS MONTH.

See above.  How many?

[eliyahu]

Face it Dammy the hype & BS is over, CUSA failed big time and in another years time they will be no more, perhaps it's time to start looking for the next big thing to champion cos the great CUSA RollerCoaster ride has peaked and it's all downhill from here, next stop the dodgems...

I'll give CUSA & you this much Dammy you sure did try and convince the world that all this was real and the next big thing and well done for at least giving it a go with a passion, but it's yesterdays news now and all the posts in the world aint gonna change that and if the Amiga stuff comes along then it would be simpler just to re-run these threads and swap C64x for Amigax in the thread titles...

actually it probably has been successful.  bazza's gonna make money out of this, and that's all he cares about.  everything he's said over the past year shows his idea of success is monetary, nothing more or less.

and the C64x has been a nice creation.  they could have skimped on the details, like the keyboard, but they didn't.  and that's not too bad.

i think where their mouths got them in trouble was suggesting they were more than a fly-by-night operation of three guys trying to shift cheap, chinese tat.  slapping a sticker on a case, shoving components into it that you had no design input into, and marking it up, does not an amiga make.  no matter what flavor of amiga you follow, that ain't it.

let bazza make his money.  we'll go on with our hobby.  spammy's posts are about as relevant as someone who is a packard bell aficionado posting about his resurrected brand around here.  i don't think he gets it: no one gives a flying [redacted]. since he's only doing it to wind people up, he should just stick to the sewer at moobunny.

-- eliyahu

[Darrin]

I don't think you understand the volume they are shipping out.  They had excess of 40,000 pre-order sales that will all be shipped by end of the month.   Once COS 1.x is out the door, I suspect we will be hearing more about their new Commodore Amiga series.  I certainly hope by November we hear what COS 2.x series is going to be and it's roadmap.

Dammy

If you mean "Linux" then say "Linux".

"New" Amiga series?  Those cases have been available for years from other resellers.  Hardly "new".

Any chance of a good motherboard this time?

[Darrin]

actually it probably has been successful.  bazza's gonna make money out of this, and that's all he cares about.  everything he's said over the past year shows his idea of success is monetary, nothing more or less.

and the C64x has been a nice creation.  they could have skimped on the details, like the keyboard, but they didn't.  and that's not too bad.

i think where their mouths got them in trouble was suggesting they were more than a fly-by-night operation of three guys trying to shift cheap, chinese tat.  slapping a sticker on a case, shoving components into it that you had no design input into, and marking it up, does not an amiga make.  no matter what flavor of amiga you follow, that ain't it.

let bazza make his money.  we'll go on with our hobby.  spammy's posts are about as relevant as someone who is a packard bell aficionado posting about his resurrected brand around here.  i don't think he gets it: no one gives a flying [redacted]. since he's only doing it to wind people up, he should just stick to the sewer at moobunny.

-- eliyahu

Agreed.

If they had been honest and upfront from the start and not tried to erase all of the ongoing efforts from others over the past few years then I think all of us would have been cheering them on.  There's nothing wrong with a new Commodore selling new PCs because it is what the old Commodore did and most of us use a PC.

It has been the lousy PR, the lies and the smoke screens that have put people off which is firmly due to Bazza and also to Spammy.

This was one hell of a missed chance.  It is a real shame.

[Darrin]

If they can't take the heat, they should never have stomped into the kitchen proclaiming themselves the master chef.

They also opened the oven door and took a huge crap inside and then urinated all over the salad bowl.  

[koaftder]

i don't think he gets it: no one gives a flying [redacted].
-- eliyahu

No, what a lot of people don't get is that some people actually do find it interesting and it's on topic in this subsection. I find it it interesting and actually come to this site from time to time just to see the announcements because commodore-amiga.org is a pain to navigate.

It would be nice if some folks would stop shitting all over threads about things they obviously don't care for.

[Duce]

Only thing is, Eliyahu - people are having massive problems with the damned things.  Overheating is a common problem, so bad that wireless networking doesn't work and a guy is forced to crack the case, void warranty and put new fans into, as well as run it on a laptop cooling stand.

The things are a goddamned trainwreck for some of these people.  A "nice creation" doesn't run at such high core temps, lol.

How's the "Cherry Brand" keyboard when the underside of the case is at 140 degrees?

[commodorejohn]

If they had been honest and upfront from the start and not tried to erase all of the ongoing efforts from others over the past few years then I think all of us would have been cheering them on.

I wouldn't be cheering them on, but I sure as hell wouldn't be bearing them so much ill will. As I've said before, I didn't come into this with anything against them - it's been the constant arrogance, fudging, and thread-flooding for the past fershlugginer year that put me off them.

It would be nice if some folks would stop shitting all over threads about things they obviously don't care for.

It would be nice if some folks would stop flooding an Amiga forum with dozens of threads about something that's not even Amiga-related and acting like the mere existence of a product is proof that it's the Holy Designated Successor to the legacy of the computer it's dressed as.

[koaftder]

It would be nice if some folks would stop flooding an Amiga forum with dozens of threads about something that's not even Amiga-related and acting like the mere existence of a product is proof that it's the Holy Designated Successor to the legacy of the computer it's dressed as.

Have you read the description of this sub-forum?
" Amiga.org » The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" » Alternative Operating Systems »"

"Alternative Operating Systems This forum is dedicated to discussions of alternatives to the Commodore Amiga Platform, such as Linux distributions, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and others."

[commodorejohn]

Yes, and I'm good with that. However, for one thing, a whole lot of these threads have been placed in "Amiga General Chat" or "Amiga News and Community Announcements," because the CUSA zealots want everybody to accept that this is the True Future of Commodore, and were only moved to an appropriate forum when people started asking what the hell they were doing there.

And furthermore, the sheer number of them is just ridiculous. dammy posts new threads every time Barry Altman so much as farts, and other people (like starter of this topic and obvious shill chlamb, who joined one day before posting this and has no other posts than the two in this thread,) have further flooded the forum with this crap.

(I'm not saying that that's a violation of the rules or should be banned, but it is pretty fucking obnoxious.)

[Marcb]

They also opened the oven door and took a huge crap inside and then urinated all over the salad bowl.  

:laughing:

You sir, have a lovely turn of phrase :lol:

[koaftder]

Yes, and I'm good with that. However, for one thing, a whole lot of these threads have been placed in "Amiga General Chat" or "Amiga News and Community Announcements," because the CUSA zealots want everybody to accept that this is the True Future of Commodore, and were only moved to an appropriate forum when people started asking what the hell they were doing there.

And furthermore, the sheer number of them is just ridiculous. dammy posts new threads every time Barry Altman so much as farts, and other people (like starter of this topic and obvious shill chlamb, who joined one day before posting this and has no other posts than the two in this thread,) have further flooded the forum with this crap.

(I'm not saying that that's a violation of the rules or should be banned, but it is pretty fucking obnoxious.)

Dammy has created a dozen threads since March-2009 and not all of those had anything to do with CUSA. I visit this place every single day and I just don't see this picture of psychotic CUSA fans shoveling their stuff in everybody's face. You are obsessed with this subject. You are seeing things lurking in the shadows that are not there. It would probably do you some good to step away from it for a while.

[commodorejohn]

Dammy has created a dozen threads since March-2009 and not all of those had anything to do with CUSA.

I'm sorry, I missed the part where I said that dammy only posts CUSA threads. Oh wait, that was because I never said that.

I visit this place every single day and I just don't see this picture of psychotic CUSA fans shoveling their stuff in everybody's face. You are obsessed with this subject. You are seeing things lurking in the shadows that are not there. It would probably do you some good to step away from it for a while.

Ah, the armchair-psychologist tactic. That's a classic. I could try for that, like suggesting that you're willfully blinding yourself to the faults of CUSA and their followers because you're emotionally invested in their success and unwilling to admit that they might be just another fly-by-night operation doing small-scale brand exploitation and acting like douchebags, for instance.

But really, where would that get us? I'd rather talk about open, observable behavior, like their being just another fly-by-night operation doing small-scale brand exploitation and acting like douchebags. That's much less passive-aggressive.